British Prime Minister Gordon Brown issued a defiant response to calls for his resignation Friday saying he "will not walk away" despite heavy election losses and a raft of high profile resignations that forced a Cabinet reshuffle.
Now it is political. With the public holding their noses as they pass the British Parliament, so tainted has it become by the shameless exploitation of a sloppily-policed expenses system by elected representatives from all quarters, it has become a competition between the parties as to who can most deftly extricate themselves from the mire.
After the pageantry and splendor of audiences with the Queen and dinner at Downing Street, G-20 leaders could be forgiven a sense of anti-climax as they arrived for work Thursday for a summit heralding a "new era of international partnership," according to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Barack Obama announced new arms negotiations with Russia's president, discussed North Korea with China's president, talked about the global economy with Britain's prime minister and had tea with Queen Elizabeth II on Wednesday -- a busy day for any leader.
Financial experts from 20 nations urged more regulation and oversight of fiscal institutions to help prevent another monetary crisis, as they laid the groundwork Saturday for next month's G20 Summit of world leaders.
UK prime minister Gordon Brown said Monday that that Britain's Prince Harry made "a mistake" when he used offensive language to describe people in his military unit, according to UK media -- but that the public would give him "the benefit of the doubt."
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown issued a defiant response to calls for his resignation Friday saying he "will not walk away" despite heavy election losses and a raft of high profile resignations that forced a Cabinet reshuffle.
Now it is political. With the public holding their noses as they pass the British Parliament, so tainted has it become by the shameless exploitation of a sloppily-policed expenses system by elected representatives from all quarters, it has become a competition between the parties as to who can most deftly extricate themselves from the mire.
After the pageantry and splendor of audiences with the Queen and dinner at Downing Street, G-20 leaders could be forgiven a sense of anti-climax as they arrived for work Thursday for a summit heralding a "new era of international partnership," according to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Barack Obama announced new arms negotiations with Russia's president, discussed North Korea with China's president, talked about the global economy with Britain's prime minister and had tea with Queen Elizabeth II on Wednesday -- a busy day for any leader.
Financial experts from 20 nations urged more regulation and oversight of fiscal institutions to help prevent another monetary crisis, as they laid the groundwork Saturday for next month's G20 Summit of world leaders.
UK prime minister Gordon Brown said Monday that that Britain's Prince Harry made "a mistake" when he used offensive language to describe people in his military unit, according to UK media -- but that the public would give him "the benefit of the doubt."
Britain's prime minister Sunday asked India and Pakistan to allow UK police to interview Mumbai siege suspects as he revealed the extent of Pakistan-based extremists' involvement in terrorism in his country.
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has branded the cholera crisis in Zimbabwe "an international emergency" and called on the world community to confront President Robert Mugabe, leader of the central African nation.
World leaders unveiled a set of sweeping plans on Saturday aimed at tackling the ever-expanding economic crisis, but as expected they sketched out an agenda for more work in coming months and another meeting early next year.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, on a tour of the Gulf, said he is seeking hundreds of billions of dollars to boost the International Monetary Fund's reserves
It's been pretty scary for the rest of us. So just imagine what it is like as a president or prime minister, waking up to hear the headlines on the latest stock market nosedive or threatened national bankruptcy -- and knowing that you have actually got to DO something about the situation.
As the ruling Labour Party struggles to appear united behind him, the Wall Street meltdown offers the Prime Minister his best hopes for a political revival
The British government unveiled a package of tax cuts and increased spending targeted at first-time home buyers on Tuesday in a bid to reverse the country's worst housing slump in almost two decades
A videotaped statement claiming one of five British hostages captured in Iraq last year has committed suicide is an "abhorrent film" that will only increase the anguish suffered by their families, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Sunday.
There is often an air of theatrical unreality about EU summits. This one seems to be the Keystone Cops Meets Othello, or any other tragedy you care to name.
Britain will freeze assets of Iran's largest bank in a
further move to discourage the country from developing nuclear
weapons, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Monday
British lawmakers narrowly approved a counterterrorism bill Wednesday that allows authorities to hold terrorism suspects without charge for up to six weeks.
Britain's Conservatives crushed the governing Labour Party in a special election that underlined the deepening unpopularity of Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government
To the affectionate crowds that greet him around the world the Dalai Lama, the exiled leader of Tibet's Buddhists, is a revered campaigner for human rights, peace and religious understanding.
Tony Blair considered not running for a third term as British prime minister but his wife and others persuaded him it would be seen as an admission that he had been wrong about the Iraq war, she says in her newly published autobiography
Britain's prime minister Wednesday called for an arms embargo on Zimbabwe and urged condemnation of the country's recent elections as initial results of an opposition-decried recount showed in favor of President Robert Mugabe's party.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British leader Gordon Brown Thursday called for an early warning system to alert international markets to further turmoil in the wake of recent banking scandals fueled by the U.S. credit crunch.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Monday that the United States and Britain are engaged in a "generation-long battle" against al Qaeda-inspired terrorism and that Britain "absolutely" shares President Bush's philosophy on the war on terror.
When Tony Blair strode across a Manchester stage on Sunday June 24 and declared, "the new leader of the Labour Party, Gordon Brown," it was the moment his Downing Street neighbor had been waiting for, with growing impatience, for 13 years.
He is the longest-serving chancellor of the exchequer the UK has had in 200 years, and he was Tony Blair's right-hand man during the last three election wins for the Labour party, but is Gordon Brown the best man to take over as British prime minister?
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